Haile Gerima

Directing·Mar 4, 1946·Gondor, Ethiopia

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Haile Gerima (born March 4, 1946) is an Ethiopian Amhara filmmaker who lives and works in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. Since 1975, Haile has been a film professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is best known for Sankofa (1993), which won two awards. In 1970, he moved to California to attend the University of California where he earned Bachelor's and Master's of Fine Arts degrees in film. He was part of a generation of new black filmmakers who became known as the Los Angeles School of Black filmmakers, along with Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep), Jamaa Fanaka (Penitentiary), Ben Caldwell (I and I), Larry Clark and Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust).

Film	Credit
Black Lions – Roman Wolves2026 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Footprints of Pan-Africanism2018 · Producer	Producer
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA2016 · Himself	Himself
Venice 70: Future Reloaded2013 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Teza2008 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Adwa1999 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Imperfect Journey1994 · Actor, Writer, Director	Actor, Writer, Director
Sankofa1993 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
OOuaga1988 · Actor	Actor
Ashes and Embers1982 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Bush Mama1979 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,0001979 · Director	Director
Harvest: 3,000 Years1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Child of Resistance1973 · Director	Director
As Above, So Below1973 · Dess	Dess
Hour Glass1971 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Writer
TThe MaroonsDirector	Director